Nevada Nuggets: Miss Nevada 1959

Reno native and Reno High School honor roll graduate Dawn Wells was crowned Miss Nevada in 1959. Wells would go on to become one of America’s favorite castaways, Mary Ann, on the television show “Gilligan’s Island.”

Source: Dawn Wells entry on the Internet Movie Database.

Historic tidbits leading up to Nevada’s 150th birthday on Oct. 31, 2014.